Cigarette-case.



E. L. ANDERSON & C. ARVIDSON.

CIGARETTE CASE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.8. 1915.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET E. L- ANDERSON & C. ARVIDSON.

CIGARETTE C-ASE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.8. I915.

Patented Oct. 10,1916.

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EDW'ARD L. ANDERSON AND CARL ARVIDSON, OF ATTLEBORO, LIASSACHUSETTS,

ASSIGNORS TO B AND G COMFANY, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

CIGARETTE-CASE.

Application filed December 8. 1915.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD L. ANDER- SON and CARL ARvmsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvement in Cigarette-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cigarette cases, and pertains more particularly to a case in which the cigarettes are presented for easy removal by being disposed centrally between the front and back parts of the case upon opening of the latter.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a case in whichthe entire structure is formed without the use of solder, and to also provide a case in which the cigarette holder proper is actuated to central position between the back and front upon opening of the case, by the same spring means which move the front and back to open positions upon release of the usual catch.

Still further the invention aims to provide a novel form of means for limiting the opening movement of the case.

Other and further objects will be later herein set forth and evidenced in the course of the following description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side edge elevation of the invention showing the case in open position. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view the case being closed. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the closed case. Fig. 4 is a section on the line t4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the holder proper. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 77 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8, and Fig. 10 is a detail plan view of one of the end plates in blank form of the holder.

In {proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a case is employed including a back 1 and a front 2, the former having a suitable catch 3 to hold the parts closed. The front and back are hinged at their base ends at 4, and a stop or abutment preferably in the form of an elongated lip 5 is made integral with the back 1, and is adapted to engage the base or bottom end Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Serial No. 65,840.

of the front 2 so as to thereby limit the opening hinged movement of the front and back as depicted in Fig. 1.

The cigarette holder proper embodies a central plate wall formed of a section of sheet metal bent upon itself into U-form as depicted in Fig. 8, so as to have a top 6 which connects its sides 8, the latter being bowed or concaved to form individual cigarette seats 7. The ends of the sides 8 are turned outwardly at right angles at 9, Fig. 9, and the lower edges of the sides are formed with integral lugs 10.

A pair of U-shaped base members 11 have their bottoms engaged with the bottom edges of the sides 8 and form bottoms for the seats 7 to engage the bottom tips of the cigarettes to support the latter, while the sides of members 11 are formed with cut-outs providing T-shapes as seen in Fig. 7. A filling plate 13 formed with a T-head 14 that engages in the cut-outs 12 is disposed on each end of the sides 8 and engages over the right angular ends 9 of sides 8, as shown in Fig. 9. Finishing end plates 15 have flanged sides 16, which latter engage over the edges of right angular ends 9 of sides 8 and over the filling plates 13 and the sides of base members 11 to thus clamp these parts together. The lower ends of the finishing plates 15 have lips 17 which engage beneath the bottom of the U-members 11, while the tops of plates 15 have a pair of lugs 18 which are bent, down to engage over the right angular ends 9 of sides 8 and the flanges 16 of the finishing plates are in turn bent over these lugs 18, as depicted in Fig. 9. The lugs 10 are bent outwardly in opposite direction from the sides 8 to engage beneath the bases of the U-members 11 to thus hold the latter to the sides 8. The members 11 are formed with knuckles 20 that are engaged with the pintle 21 of the hinge tand are formed from strips which connect the two members 11, the strips being bent to form shanks 22 and being bowed at 23 to form seats for the ends of the pintles 25 as will now be described.

A clamp 24 is arranged opposite to each side 8, the clamps being for the purpose of retaining the cigarettes in their seats 7 the clamps having their lower ends turned beneath the members 11 and formed with knuckles 26 which receive the pintles 25.

Knuckles 26 are spaced apart and in this space receive coil springs 27 which latter are coiled about the pintles 25 and one end of each of the springs bears against the bottom ends of the clamps 24:, to thus tension the latter, while the opposite end of each spring is engaged through apertures provided therefor in the wings 28 formed on the front and back interiorly of the same.

It will thus be apparent from the foregoing that no solder whatever is required in connecting the several parts, and that the same spring means 27 acts to hold the holder proper in central position between the front and back and also acts to move the front and back to open position upon release of the catch 3, and to tension the clamps 24 that act to hold the cigarettes to their seats 7.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a cigarette case, a. front, a back, means to hingedly connect said parts, a holder, means borne by the holder and engaged with the hinging means to be held in position by the latter, clamps borne by the holder on opposite sides thereof, and combined means to tension the clamps and to also tension the front and back so that upon release thereof the same will move to open position.

2. In a cigarette case, a holder composed of an inverted U-member the opposite sides of which are shaped to form cigarette seats, a pair of U-members fitted against the lower ends of said first member to form bottoms thereof, said first member having its ends turned outwardly at right angles and in opposite directions, and finishing plates engaged over and with the sides of the second members and the ends of the first member.

3. In a cigarette case, a holder including a central wall, a pair of U-members fitted against the bottom and ends of the wall, connecting pieces for and integral with the U -members which connecting pieces are formed with knuckles, a front and a back, and means to hingedly connect the front and back and engaged with said knuckles so as to support and hold the holder.

4.. In a cigarette case, a holder formed of an inverted U-member having lugs at its base, and a pair of U-members fitted to the Copies of this patent may be obtained for bottom and ends of the first member, said lugs being bent outwardly to engage the bases of the U-members.

5. In a cigarette case, a holder including a central inverted U-sha'ped wall having right angular end flanges and lugs at its bottom, a pair of U-members fitted to the bottom and ends of the wall and having the sides thereof formed with T-slots, filling plates having T-heads received in said slots, said lugs being bent in opposite directions against the bases of the U-members, and finishing plates fitted over the sides of the U-members and the filling plates and clamped to the flanges of the wall.

6. In a cigarette case, a front, a back, a holder having knuckles spaced apart, shanks supporting the knuckles and connected to the holder, said shanks being formed with seats, pintles in the seats, clamps hinged to the pintles, means to hingedly connect the back and front and the knuckles, and springs coiled around the pintles and arranged so that one of the ends of each spring engages the clamps and the other ends of the springs engage the front and back.

7. In a cigarette case, a holder including a central wall, a pair of integrally connected members at the base of the wall forming a bottom stop for the cigarettes, said members having parts which engage the ends of the wall, means to clamp the member parts to said ends of the wall, said connections of the members being formed with knuckles, a front, a back, and unitary means to hingedly connect the back and front and the knuckles.

8. In a cigarette case, a hingedly connected front and back, a holder hingedly connected to the hinge connection of the front and back, clamps hinged to the holder, and spring means connected to the clamp hinge and engaging the clamps and also the front and back whereby the spring means will be tensioned on opening of the front and back.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDIVARD L. ANDERSON. CARL ARVIDSON. IVitnesses ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER.

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